Re: WAY OFF TOPIC: recommendations for great science fiction written in the last 10 years?

[Mech <mech@m3ch.net>]

At 10:53 PM +0900 5/24/09, Mech wrote:
>
>>He [Varley] is, imho,  the best genderless writer in all of Sci Fi 
>>for my money.
>>My wife says his female characters are absolutely spot on and convincing,
>>which can be a big problem in male oriented Science Fiction.
>
>Uhm, IIRC, isn't John Varley actually a woman writing under a male 
>pen name?  I believe that's how Varley is able to write such 
>believable female characters.

Ah crumbs.  I just checked the Internets.  I guess that was just an 
old urban legend that Varley was a woman.  Still writes female 
characters better than just about any else in SF, though....

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